Data Scientist

Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

Assist in applying data mining techniques and conduct statistical analysis to large, structured and unstructured data sets to understand and analyse phenomena.  Model business problems, discovering insights and opportunities through statistical, algorithmic, machine learning and visualisation techniques, working closely with clients, data and technology teams to turn data into critical information used to make sound business decisions.

Qualifications

Qualification

• Information Studies or Information Technology Degree

Experience

• 3-4 years experience in working with unstructured data (e.g. Streams, images)
• Experience with common data science toolkits, such as SAS, R, SPSS, etc and experience with data visualisation tools, such as Power BI, Tableau, etc
• 3-4 years proven development experience in software and software engineering
• Experience in technical business intelligence and Project management experience
• Experience in building models (credit scoring, propensity models, churn, etc.)

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies 

• Examining Information
• Checking Details
• Providing Insights
• Challenging Ideas
• Interpreting Data

Technical Competencies 

• Understanding of data flows, data architecture, ETL and processing of structured and unstructured data
• Using data mining to discover new patterns from large datasets
• Implement standard and proprietary algorithms for handling and processing data
• Understanding of financial services data processes, systems, and products
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure and data principles